How to Do Thieving in Runescape
Not every MMORPG character wants to spend all of his time killing monsters, or have it be the exclusive focus of his characters., A player cannot have his Runescape character engage in the fine art of thieving unless he is a Runescape member, but if...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Not every MMORPG character wants to spend all of his time killing monsters
In most games, there is a rogue class that lets players experience the thrills of being a thief in a pseudo-medieval world, but because Runescape is skill-based, a player must learn the thieving skill in order to detect traps and open locked doors. -
Step 2: or have it be the exclusive focus of his characters.
,, The easiest way to start out is find a man or a woman who roam the streets of the many of the cities of Runescape and pick their pockets.
Pickpocketing carries the lowest risk of all the Runescape thieving methods, but if a character fails he suffers some damage and is stunned for a few seconds.
Pickpocketing farmers yields seeds that can be sold to players with the farming skill. , Stalls contain better loot than most people's pockets and a slightly higher risk.
Stall thieving attempts also yield more experience than pickpocketing attempts of the same level if the robbery is successful. , If a shopkeeper catches a thief, the attempt is unsuccessful and the character can get yelled at, but being caught by paladins or guards is dangerous to a Runescape character's hit point total. ,, Lockpicking itself is used to gain access to doors that the owner wishes the player not to access, but some of the higher level items require an item appropriately enough called a lockpick that can be purchased from fellow players, or from pickpocketing desert rogues or bandits, according to Global Runescape. , These chests, much like the ones that killed off the people who first played Dungeons and Dragons under the late E.
Gary Gygax ,are trapped. ,,, The more the skill is used, the more experience a character receives and after a character gains a certain amount of experience in a skill, he can move on to more difficult targets.
Like woodcutting, thieving can be a good money making skill, but the risk is much higher.
If the programmers designed the skill correctly, this should be because the rewards of using the thieving skill in Runescape are much higher. -
Step 3: A player cannot have his Runescape character engage in the fine art of thieving unless he is a Runescape member
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Step 4: but if a player has overcome this irritating barrier
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Step 5: his character is now free to steal from stalls
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Step 6: or to pick the pockets of certain non-player characters.
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Step 7: Starting a Thieving Career in Runescape
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Step 8: Thieving differs from many of the other members-only skills in that a character does not see a trainer to star it.
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Step 9: When a Runescape character needs to improve his thieving skills
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Step 10: or a player gets tired of the poor loot achieved from pickpocketing
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Step 11: he has other options that a character can pursue.
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Step 12: A player who wants his character to use his thieving stall on one of the many stalls in the world has to click on the skill
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Step 13: but he always should be wary of being caught.
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Step 14: Total Runescape Thieving: Lockpicking and Stealing from Chests
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Step 15: While chests in most other fantasy MMORPGS use a lockpick to open them
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Step 16: these are two separate sub-categories of the lockpicking skill in Runescape.
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Step 17: Lockpicking is not the best way to get treasure though
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Step 18: for a Runescape character with the thieving skill must attempt to open the locked chests of the world.
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Step 19: Opening a trapped chest can ruin a Runescape character's day
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Step 20: so a player who knows what he is doing and cares about the health of his avatar should right-click on the lock and check for traps first using the thieving skill.
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Step 21: Runescape Thieving Leveling Up
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Step 22: Thieving does not work differently than any other skill in Jagex's popular MMORPG.
Detailed Guide
In most games, there is a rogue class that lets players experience the thrills of being a thief in a pseudo-medieval world, but because Runescape is skill-based, a player must learn the thieving skill in order to detect traps and open locked doors.
,, The easiest way to start out is find a man or a woman who roam the streets of the many of the cities of Runescape and pick their pockets.
Pickpocketing carries the lowest risk of all the Runescape thieving methods, but if a character fails he suffers some damage and is stunned for a few seconds.
Pickpocketing farmers yields seeds that can be sold to players with the farming skill. , Stalls contain better loot than most people's pockets and a slightly higher risk.
Stall thieving attempts also yield more experience than pickpocketing attempts of the same level if the robbery is successful. , If a shopkeeper catches a thief, the attempt is unsuccessful and the character can get yelled at, but being caught by paladins or guards is dangerous to a Runescape character's hit point total. ,, Lockpicking itself is used to gain access to doors that the owner wishes the player not to access, but some of the higher level items require an item appropriately enough called a lockpick that can be purchased from fellow players, or from pickpocketing desert rogues or bandits, according to Global Runescape. , These chests, much like the ones that killed off the people who first played Dungeons and Dragons under the late E.
Gary Gygax ,are trapped. ,,, The more the skill is used, the more experience a character receives and after a character gains a certain amount of experience in a skill, he can move on to more difficult targets.
Like woodcutting, thieving can be a good money making skill, but the risk is much higher.
If the programmers designed the skill correctly, this should be because the rewards of using the thieving skill in Runescape are much higher.
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